Imagination

I consider myself lucky. Growing up, a child of the 50’s, afforded me the education of a lifetime, yet I did not recognize it for many years. Life was simple, uncomplicated for a child living in a small town and daydreaming was one of its’ pleasures. It was free, extremely personal, and could be done anywhere, anytime, even in church, for which I admit my guilt. Fuel for daydreams was everywhere, in print, on the radio, television or in the movies. The must have magazines, 16 or TV, Radio,…

In Miss Brill by Katherine Mansfield and Araby by James Joyce we notice many common things in both main characters. One is their fantasy. In both stories both of the main characters are deluded by their imagination and have made their imagination shape their way of living. In Miss Brill, a middle-aged woman has a lonely life, she has barely any social interactions thus she finds distraction by eavesdropping into other people’s conversations. Miss Brill lives in a fantasy of her own she enjoys…

created you do to. But it’s not enough just to think about what you want, that is just mere dreaming, you must take inspired focused action each day to achieve that which you desire, and that comes by setting powerful goals. To help stir your imagination and power of thought the image above has various areas to set goals in. Study it and see where you can improve your time and habits to help you create powerful goals and take action to bring your desires to fruition. The mind is such a…

Views of Ownership The philosophical term “ownership” can be viewed in a variety of ways. There’s the ownership of an object, your own perception of self, a hobby or passion, and even a certain feeling that you may own. All of these forms of ownership take part in defining who you are. Ownership is not only crucial to a person’s character or sense of self, but is dependent on the evolution of one’s self. Depending on what kind of a person someone strives to become, that someone may…

I need something. Something that can help me get through. Motivate me to keep going. Help me believe in myself. Something that can help me garantee my success in life. What is this trait, that I lack, that I need in order to thrive? What is it, and how can I get it? A wise 19th century monk named Swami Vivekananda once gave a recipe for success that is as relevant today as it was in His day. He said: "Take up one idea. Make that one idea Your life - think of it, drea of it, live on that idea.…

Counterfactual thinking and living in imagination is another aspect of life that distracts adults and children from their realities. These individuals get captured in their thoughts of how life should be or how things should go. By adults and children carefully planning out their future’s and how certain things should happen, it causes misery when their “blueprint” does not go as planned. In Jeanette Winterson’s essay “The World and Other Places”, she introduces characters who live their lives…

thoughts and ideals. Thus, environments are not merely a place that we occupy. It could possibly be a place of where our inspirations, imagination or creativity occur. So how could we shape our surroundings to expand our imagination? Or even unleash our inner creativity? Creativity is commonly understood by its etymological roots: to relate or involve the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something. Yet, through ‘The Creative City’, by examining…

18.02.16 – 25.02.16 These were my final hours spent within the nursery. I feel the experience overall has been a very rewarding one as I have learned so many new things and grew more as person because of it. During this block there were rats that got into the nursery, it was interesting to see the measures and precautions that were put into place in this situation as it was something I’d never expect to have happened. During this event each child displayed different emotions and reacted to it…

“Street Haunting”, Woolf travels the streets of London to get away from her confined room. She sets out on a journey to discover the potential and limits of the mind’s eye. In her journey, Woolf switches her viewpoints very frequently where her imagination twists her reality. Woolf’s use of imagery helps the reader create the same dreamlike image that she has in her head. In “Street Haunting”, Woolf is making the connection that certain sceneries contribute to the identity of oneself. Even…

Growing up, there was never much for me to do. I was the only child for a while, up until the age of four or five; the most critical and memorable ages for a child, I still remember those kindergarten days on the playground, no one would really play or interact with me. They would call me names, like weird or tomboy because I was the only girl playing in dirt, and talking to myself. I didn’t play tag with the other girls or talk about boys or dolls and other unimportant things that five year…